April 2, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 57 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO SHANNON KRAELING

 Mr. RUBIO. Madam President, today I honor Shannon Kraeling, 
the Brevard County Teacher of the Year from Eau Gallie High School in 
Melbourne, FL.
  Shannon enjoys showing her students how to use their imagination to 
create art and guides them through the learning experience. She loves 
teaching the concept that success comes from perseverance, 
reevaluation, revision, refinement, and failure. Her greatest 
appreciation is seeing her students' pride when they master a skill 
with which they initially struggled.
  Shannon is responsible for developing and implementing a curriculum 
for her classes and organizes lessons, units, and daily activities as a 
model for teachers throughout the district. She also provides training 
to integrate fine arts into the curriculum and co-teaches a biology 
unit.
  Shannon has spent her 13-year teaching career at Eau Gallie High 
School. She is the ceramics teacher and department chair for the fine 
arts program. Shannon also mentors new teachers on classroom management 
and is a faculty member for the University of Phoenix, supervising 
local interns and teaching arts integration classes for its College of 
Education.
  I extend my deepest gratitude to Shannon for her work to help her 
students succeed in school. I look forward to hearing of her continued 
work in the coming years.

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